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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of primp.

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Examples

  • Her mouth was of that class called "primped," but was filled with teeth of respectable dimensions.

    Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States J. L. McConnel

  • As one newspaper report put it, “Wrists were limp, hair was primped, and reactions to the applause were classic.”

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • By days, she whispered encouraging words to the blooms that she pruned and primped.

    Three-Minute Fiction Favorites 2010

  • Hap noticed how carefully Umber had primped himself for this visit.

    End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011

  • (For the uninitiated, "fresas" is a tapatio word for young, manicured, made up, primped, coiffed, fashionably dressed, pampered young ladies in the latest style clothing, with what appears to be 7 inch high heels.)

    Page 2 2009

  • By days, she whispered encouraging words to the blooms that she pruned and primped.

    Three-Minute Fiction Favorites 2010

  • A thousand shared looks in a life together, they both knew this one: Lena primped and primed.

    Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011

  • A thousand shared looks in a life together, they both knew this one: Lena primped and primed.

    Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011

  • Hap noticed how carefully Umber had primped himself for this visit.

    End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011

  • (For the uninitiated, "fresas" is a tapatio word for young, manicured, made up, primped, coiffed, fashionably dressed, pampered young ladies in the latest style clothing, with what appears to be 7 inch high heels.)

    Page 2 2009

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